On 08/15/2012 12:41 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Guys,
> 
>   I have a local tree that I converted to 3.5.13-sru. However, not all of the
> modules switched to sru -- how did that happen? When I try a 'git pull' and 'git
> submodule init' I get:
> 
> 
>   Module: 'applications/abakus' - current local branch is already 'v3.5.13-sru'
> U       admin
> U       cmake
> U       src/CMakeLists.txt
> Pull is not possible because you have unmerged files.
> Please, fix them up in the work tree, and then use 'git add/rm <file>'
> as appropriate to mark resolution, or use 'git commit -a'.
> Skipping unmerged submodule admin
> Skipping unmerged submodule cmake
> 

I think I have it sorted. Before making a switch from master -> v3.5.13-sru,
your GIT tree must be fully updated to not miss a commit that is relevant to the
new branch. I first converted the problem branch a week or two ago before many
of the v3.5.13-sru branch was created for several packages. Then when attempting
to switch and update all modules today, I hit that situation and git failed to
see a v3.5.13-sru branch available and refused the git pull. Adding the following:

    ## get remote branches available and parse for branch name
    gitremotebranches
    if [[ ! "${remba[@]}" =~ "$branch" ]]; then
      gitresetHEAD master
      gitremotebranches
    fi

uses git branch -r to getremotebranches to fill the $remba array and tests it
against the substring "$branch" (v3.5.13-sru) to see if the branch is available
remotely. If not, it then does a full reset of the package back to the current
master with 'gitresetHEAD master'. It then again obtains the remote branches
available and proceed to switch to v3.5.13-sru if it is contained in the new
remote branch array. Seems to have worked nicely.

  The gitresetHEAD() function is shown below for completeness.



## function - reset current module to HEAD and update
gitresetHEAD() {

  ## normal reset to head, discard local edits and update
  git reset --hard HEAD
  git clean -dxf
  git pull
  git reset --hard HEAD
  git clean -dxf
  sed -i "s/system@/${gituser}@/g" .gitmodules
  git submodule init
  git submodule update --recursive
  git submodule foreach --recursive "git checkout "$1""
  git submodule foreach --recursive "git pull"
  git checkout -- .gitmodules

}



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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.